Emphasis Concepts
Concept
Over two to three pages of our sketchbooks, we were told to select five methods of emphasis and sketch out five different examples of each method being utilized, resulting in twenty-five drawings. Each image had to be drawn in detail with a substantial amount of effort for the number of drawings required, and each drawing had to be shaded if the object required it. We were not obligated to pick any real-life objects to draw in an observational style, so the content of the drawings were left entirely up to the artists.
Over two to three pages of our sketchbooks, we were told to select five methods of emphasis and sketch out five different examples of each method being utilized, resulting in twenty-five drawings. Each image had to be drawn in detail with a substantial amount of effort for the number of drawings required, and each drawing had to be shaded if the object required it. We were not obligated to pick any real-life objects to draw in an observational style, so the content of the drawings were left entirely up to the artists.
Final Sketches
VALUE
A bowl of white almonds and one black almond, an eye with a series of white
accenting pearls and one black pearl, a five-wheeled bicycle with four black
wheels and one white wheel, a notebook with a series of tree patterns that has
one much darker than the others, and a gaggle of mice, all white except for one
black mouse.
SIZE
A centipede with a bunch of small legs and one long leg, the word "SPACE" with
an especially large C, a pearl necklace with an enormous center pearl, a mouth
with one very large front tooth, and a collection of Matryoshka or "nesting dolls"
where one of the five is much taller than the others.
ISOLATION
A group of fish with their leader swimming a bit ahead, the word "TOMORROW"
with a distantly spaced central O, a ballerina in the middle of a large, empty stage,
a collection of balls with a game in the center for one lone ball, and a bird flying
in an open part of the sky where the clouds have not yet reached.
SIMPLE VS. COMPLEX
An ornate pot among a series of cups, an enormous and detailed snake
surrounded by tiny stick people, a chicken with a tail full or normal feathers
and one peacock feather, a fan with plain blades and one tawdry blade, and a
series of simple smiling faces with one very painted face.
DIRECTION
The word "RUBBER" with a backwards E, a group of pigeons facing a lone
pigeon, two rows of gliders with one glider facing down instead of up, a row
of arrows with one pointing left instead of right, and a line of people running
with one man about to run into the others.
Reflection
In my sketchbook, I elected to draw Value, Size, Isolation, Simple vs. Complex, and Direction, which each got about half a page of space. Most of my Value pictures included a group of objects clustered together, one of which was a darker color than the others (though in the cinco-cycle, one of the wheels was lighter than the others) and placed often in the middle area of the picture but off to the side. I think having an off-center focal point really adds to a picture, and I incorporated a lot of this in my drawings. For Size, Isolation, and Direction, I included a couple of pictures with letters, which create an easy image to process, since text is something so commonly used. It’s easy to see Isolation when one letter of a word is greatly spaced from the other letters. Most of my pictures were of random animals or objects, though most of them are things that I’m particularly fond of.
Value was easily the most fun, because I like shading, and doing it on a small scale with a lot of contrast was a good workout. I particularly liked drawing my mice, because they came out really cute and chubby. Size and Isolation were also fun, because they’re easy-to-grasp concepts, and I liked playing around with open space. Simple vs. Complex was also alright, but I was admittedly running out of ideas, and by Direction my brain was pretty empty. Most of the drawings in Direction are simple and unshaded, because I had sort of a hard time understanding how to incorporate that concept into normal art. I’d like to practice with Direction a bit more, even on my own time, because I think being able to see Direction in everyday things will help me improve myself as an artist.
In my sketchbook, I elected to draw Value, Size, Isolation, Simple vs. Complex, and Direction, which each got about half a page of space. Most of my Value pictures included a group of objects clustered together, one of which was a darker color than the others (though in the cinco-cycle, one of the wheels was lighter than the others) and placed often in the middle area of the picture but off to the side. I think having an off-center focal point really adds to a picture, and I incorporated a lot of this in my drawings. For Size, Isolation, and Direction, I included a couple of pictures with letters, which create an easy image to process, since text is something so commonly used. It’s easy to see Isolation when one letter of a word is greatly spaced from the other letters. Most of my pictures were of random animals or objects, though most of them are things that I’m particularly fond of.
Value was easily the most fun, because I like shading, and doing it on a small scale with a lot of contrast was a good workout. I particularly liked drawing my mice, because they came out really cute and chubby. Size and Isolation were also fun, because they’re easy-to-grasp concepts, and I liked playing around with open space. Simple vs. Complex was also alright, but I was admittedly running out of ideas, and by Direction my brain was pretty empty. Most of the drawings in Direction are simple and unshaded, because I had sort of a hard time understanding how to incorporate that concept into normal art. I’d like to practice with Direction a bit more, even on my own time, because I think being able to see Direction in everyday things will help me improve myself as an artist.